Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-17
CHICAGO BEAUX.
Four Distinct Types Are Here
Enumerated.
The One always on IIand''-The Boy
Beau, Endured for the Family's
Sake--The Old and the
"ReaI" Beau.

The belle has monopolized altogether
too much of the attention of those who
write on social subjects. She is given
prominence in the society columns OF
all papers, is described, praised, criti-
cised and complained of, to the entire
exclusion of the beau. Give the beau
chance, for, although not arrayed in
gaudy costume, he is Il very important
animal. In the first place he has the
making of the belle. In truth, it is
sort of mysterious double back-action
arran cement, for she has also the max
ing of him. He whom the bellies favor
is beau, and she whom the beaux
favor is a belle. This statement bears
some resemblance to a complete circle |
you can't tell just where the thing
begins, but the best opinion is that it is
with the beauX, for this reason: man
can make himself beau easier than n
girl can make herself belle. She can
only accomplish such result by max
ing herself attractive to the beauX, and
some very charming, pretty girls. who
are accomplished and even brilliant,
fail in an attempt to do this because
they are not adopts at tlattery, for that
is most potent in attracting the atten-
tons of these men. man, on the
other hand, if he has plenty of self-as-
surance, can make IA beau of himself
even if he is not witty or entertaining,
or capable of tiattery, and few are capa-
BILE of it. 1t comes more naturally to
women. The gentleman with the eye
glass, is fair specimen of the self
made beau. He waltzes well, has very
good ballroom manners, but is fop-
pish in the extreme. He is also the
dude beau, and is really the best
known of all beaux, for he goes every
where He made himself beau when
he first appeared in society by persist
entity waltzing with the bellies His
conversation was embarrassing, and
they tried as much as possible to avoid
him. but his egotism would allow him
to take no rebuffs, and in time the fact
that he was always with some belle or
other bore fruit. Debutantes thought
"Mr. Softpate must be IA great beau,
for he dances only with those most
sought after" And debutante soon
learns that she must dance with the
beau if she is to be belle. That is
what will make her one So she dances
with him, and after the dance is over
she soliloquizes: "Well, he is the most
inane, insipid fellow l ever danced
with" but, nevertheless, she exerts
herself on all occasions to entertain
him. 1t is policy. A society young
.x.f. 81 &c
reason for the apparent popularity OF
this type.
They're awful bores, of course, v
she said, "but then they go everywhere
and it is pleasant to have some one you
can depend upon. There are lots o.
gentlemen who are more agreeable anC
entertaining, but you're never sure o
them. Their business won't let then
come to five o'clock teas very often, ant
you're never sure of finding them at
ball. So we have to be entertaining t.
those whom we know will be every
where.
The next beau on the list is the yer,
young, boyish one, who is endured 70
the sake of his family. He is grea
pet at home, and his sister is grea
favorite in society, so he is just quietl
endured. he is just at the age whe
he thinks it beneath his dignity to dane
with any one who is not from three t
five years his senior He asks all hi
sisters friends to dance, and, for h
sisters sake, they restrain the snu
they would like to give him. If he hi
no sister his mother is sure to be
prominent society woman who ente
= tains a good deal, and no one cares
offend her. A youth of this age WI
has neither Il society mother nor sist'
does not get into the ballroom.
The old beau is just the opposite
this youthful one. Where the youn
one looks for girls older than he, Il
old one takes the very youngest to |
had. The prettiest and most charmin
debutantes he seizes upon as his lawfl
prey. He has grown gray in the Sc
vice of Mrs. Grundy, and can readil
interest the young girls with his fur
of social gossip and small-talk. I
gets the better of his younger rivals b
cause of his experience. He kno'
Just what to do under all circumstanc
snh where the Younger one is son